By: Deuell, Schwertner  S.B. No. 256
         (In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2013; January 29, 2013,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
  March 18, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 18, 2013,
  sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 256 By:  Zaffirini
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas
  medical schools and persons completing medical residency programs
  in Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 61.0906 to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.0906.  TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL TRAINING AND
  PRACTICE CHOICES.  (a)  The board by rule shall establish a system
  under which the board acquires and maintains data regarding the
  initial residency program choices made by graduates of medical
  schools in this state and the initial practice choices made by
  persons completing medical residency programs in this state.  The
  tracking system must:
               (1)  use any data reasonably available to the board,
  including data maintained by or accessible to medical schools or
  residency programs in this state; and
               (2)  with respect to a person who completes a medical
  residency program in this state, collect relevant information for
  the two-year period following completion of that program.
         (b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), relevant information
  includes:
               (1)  whether and for how long physicians who complete
  medical residency programs in this state work in primary care in
  this state and which medical specialties they report as their
  primary medical practice; and
               (2)  the locations of the practices established by
  those persons.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  As soon as practicable after the effective
  date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the
  tracking system established under Section 61.0906, Education Code,
  as added by this Act.  The board may adopt the initial rules in the
  manner provided by law for emergency rules.
         (b)  Not later than January 1, 2014, the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board shall establish the tracking system
  required by Section 61.0906, Education Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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